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[itroundtable] Digest Number 2992

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Digest #2992

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Wed May 15, 2013 6:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Joseph" joesonline

Mobile App Developer

B2B Anywhere creates mobile apps for business users. Our platform includes an online content management system (CMS) that supports native iOS and Android apps. Typically we build apps for manufacturers' product catalogs, photo galleries, and video – the apps call the CMS and download content assets

We are looking for mobile app developers with intermediate to advanced knowledge of iOS and/or Android to work on a project basis. Most projects involve customizing the user-facing, native app for the client's use case and brand. Some projects also require additional custom features or a completely custom app. A typical project requires 50 to 100 hours and the hourly rate is commensurate with experience.

Good communications skills are very important. Client contact will occur periodically and we do a lot of remote communication using phone, web-conference and email. Must be able to work with remote teams; must be able to multi-task.

We are located in the New York City and northern New Jersey area and would ideally like to meet in-person on a weekly basis during a project (evening and weekend OK). Please provide a resume and examples of your app work. Also, be specific about your skills and experience in each platform (iOS and Android). Contact us by email at plofving@b2banywhere.com or by phone at 917-975-7988.

We have projects in the pipeline that are ready to start immediately so please let us know what your availability is and how many hours per week you have available.

Requirements:
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant field
• 1+ years of iPhone / iPad / Android application development experience from initial design through application launch
• Experience coding for current devices
• Experience with developing mobile application user interfaces and ability to customize UI elements
• Experience in unit and integration testing
• Experience with databases like MySQL and SQL Server.
• Consistent skinning across xhdpi, hdpi, mdpi
• Experience interfacing with 3rd party APIs
• Asynchronous (non blocking) asset loading and storage
• Experience with XML and/or JSON
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

You should be passionate about:
• User experience and clean presentation of design and content
• Making apps fast and responsive
• Creating and experimenting in mobile apps using our proprietary platform.
• Meeting client deadlines. Our clients expect quality deliverables and we expect to deliver them, so should you.

Pluses:
• 2+ years developing mobile applications
• Experience "owning" projects end-to-end
• Active stackoverflow or github user
• Contributions to open source
• Mobile network programming (client-server)
• Experience with Git
• Experience working with production distributed or backend services (RESTful web services, database, etc).
• Experience programming in at least one programming language (C/C++, Java, C#, JavaScript, etc).
• Understanding of relational database concepts.

Contact us by email at plofving@b2banywhere.com or by phone at 917-975-7988.

Wed May 15, 2013 6:27 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Joseph" joesonline

Director, Application Project Office

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP (PSEG) is a publicly traded (NYSE:PEG) diversified energy company headquartered in the downtown business district of Newark, New Jersey, and one of the ten largest electric companies in the U.S. PSEG, with over $28 billion in assets, consists of the following four companies: Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG Power, PSEG Energy Holdings and PSEG Services Corporation. PSEG is one of the nation's leading wholesale energy producers and most reliable electric and gas transmission and delivery utilities. PSEG has received numerous recognition awards for performance, safety, community support, diversity and the environment.
Position Summary:
The Director is responsible for delivering new and innovative technology solutions on a timely and cost effective manner enabling PSEG's businesses to realize additional value. This position is a direct report to the Vice President & CIO, and a member of the IT Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

Responsible for all end-to-end activities producing new application solutions, the Director manages all IT resources required to scope, plan, design, build, test, and deploy IT solutions across PSE&G, PSEG Power, PSEG Services, and other lines of business. The Director will establish strong relationships with business leaders founded on common goals, value realization, and reliable execution. The role will also work with business functions to ensure appropriate change management is in place to maximize technology adoption.

Additionally, this position will be accountable for introducing industry best practices into PSEG operations and to follow PSEG IT Software Delivery Lifecycle processes. As part of the IT SLT, this position will collaborate with IT Strategic Planning and Architecture to ensure that any delivered solution is consistent with the Technology Roadmap and Enterprise Architecture. Coordination will also be required with the Application Support group to effect disruption-free deployments into production.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Direct, coach and counsel IT resources (internal and external) on business technology projects and programs in all facets of IT program delivery: project management, scope and requirements management, application design, solution build, testing, change management, and deployment to production.
• Ensure that project teams are compliant with IT's Software Delivery Life Cycle, SOX, CMMi and other process requirements. Included in process compliance is ensuring that all hand offs between Planning, Operations and other IT and Business functions are properly executed.
• Partner with business leaders to define opportunities for transformative value creation, customer experience improvements and driving operations to best-in-class performance levels. Ensure that business requirements are identified and well defined.
• Develop and manage department's capital and O&M budgets and ensure annual adherence.
• Ensure scalability of IT application development function to meet cyclical business needs.
• Maintain a keen awareness of evolving industry best practices, vendor performance, new technology solutions, and apply to application development initiatives.

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors' Degree
• Minimum of five years' experience leading SAP Application Development departments in Fortune 500 companies

Required Competencies:
• Strong best practice knowledge of Customer Service, Field Service and/or Back-Office applications
• Prior success partnering with senior business leaders to transform business practices and processes through technology adoption
• Experience managing a large department of 30+ FTE's with a track record of innovation and successful delivery
• Proven ability to create a culture of operational excellence centered on business results and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing large scale, multi-vendor, SAP transformational projects.
• Experience managing deep business partnerships with software and IT services providers in outsourced environments
• Strong process discipline in a continuous improvement environment (e.g. CMMi, ITIL, Six Sigma, TPS, Lean)
• Demonstrated capabilities in leadership, innovation, problem solving, influencing, organizing, relationship building, communication skills, strategic thinking, project management, change management.

Desired Qualifications:
• Bachelors' degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or other related technical disciplines with significant coursework in a complementary function
• Masters' degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Technical Engineering, or other related technical disciplines, or an M.B.A.
• Experience in Electric/Gas Utility or Power Generation business

Submit resume and apply to position on www.pseg.com/careers

Wed May 15, 2013 6:52 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Joseph" joesonline

LHH IT ROUNDTABLE
Parsippany, NJ

Friday, May 24, 2013

Guest Speaker: Joe McCormick, Sr Technical Recruiter, Clark Davis Associates

LHH IT Roundtable: EDISON, PRINCETON, PARSIPPANY AND WOODCLIFF LAKE
IT Roundtable Members:
LHH Candidates, Alumni and Friends:

Please join us for our next IT Roundtable:

Where: Parsippany, NJ
When: May 24, 2013
Time: 9 am to 12:00 pm
Dress: Business Casual

You will have the opportunity to tell us about yourself, share contacts, names of companies who are hiring, recommend IT search and consulting firms, any job leads or information you have that will connect people to work will be appreciated and, of course, network !!

You MUST register via CRN or if you are not a current LHH candidate, by emailing Janice Achoe at Janice.achoe@lhh.com

For those of you who have landed, come share the good news or send us the details!

Best regards,

Joe Polinsky
Lee Hecht Harrison
499 Thornall Street, 1st Floor
Edison, NJ 08837
732-623-5160 (direct)
732-632-9303 (telephone)
732-632-9706 (fax)
Joseph.Polinsky@lhh.com

Wed May 15, 2013 9:27 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"john sampson" jcsspike



From: Ray Lancaster <rfl@lancasterinc.net>
Subject: post this one soon
To: jcsspike@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 11:02 AM

John,

This is located in the Bergen/Passaic County area, base to $130k, is a direct report to the COO, REQUIRES a high energy, enthusiastic, innovative person who can provide leadership in the product/engineering development space. This is a client facing as well as a project management role.

Senior Project/System Engineer Manager

An ideal candidate for our Senior Project/System Engineer Manager position is an individual who has the ability to prioritize and multitask, is experienced in complex system design, is a strong team player, and possesses strong organizational and communication skills.

Job Description:
- Design and develop complex systems by analyzing user requirements, determining system specifications, identify risks/parameters to deliver specialized software
- Complete system level architecture design and product/technology roadmap (including prototyping when applicable) by designing product specifications and feature requirements
- Define resources, budget estimates, milestone/timeline tracking, issue identification, issue resolution, and release plan to ensure deadlines are complied with
- Collaborate with product management/development team to design product specifications and feature requirements

Core Requirements:
-Bachelors̢۪ degree in computer science, electrical engineering or software engineering or at least 6+ years demonstrated experience in advanced technology project management
- Ability to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with customers, staff, and colleagues
Team player/leader who is able to motivate and focus other team members
- Self starter with the ability to determine problem resolution by identifying product enhancements to reach customer demands
- Superb verbal and written communication skill set

Desired:
- Agile Development Process Experience
- Photography background is advantageous

Ray Lancaster
908-526-5440
RFL@Lancasterinc.net
www.LancasterAssociates.net

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